1 README for Edition 2.4 of the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
3 * This directory contains the texinfo source files for the Reference
4 Manual, make-permuted-index, and the latest version of texinfo.tex,
5 which handles forms that cannot be handled by the older versions of
6 texinfo.tex. Also, it contains makeinfo.c.
8 * Report Lisp Manual bugs to bug-lisp-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu. We
9 don't read these bug reports until it's time for a new edition. To
10 report other Emacs bugs, use bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu.
11 To ask questions, use the newsgroup gnu.emacs.help.
13 * The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is quite large. It totals around
14 700 pages in smallbook format; the info files total almost two
17 * You can format this manual either for Info or for printing hardcopy
20 * You can buy nicely printed copies from the Free Software Foundation.
21 For info, send mail to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or phone 617-542-5942.
22 Buying a manual from the Free Software Foundation helps support our
25 ** This distribution contains a Makefile that you can use with GNU Make.
26 Otherwise, here are detailed instructions:
28 ** HARDCOPY: A copy of the version of `texinfo.tex' that formats this
29 manual is included in this distribution.
31 The master file for formatting this manual for Tex is called
32 `elisp.texi'. It contains @include commands to include all the
33 chapters that make up the manual. In addition, `elisp.texi' has
34 the title page in a new format designed by Karl Berry, using the
37 To create a DVI file with a sorted index, execute the following
38 commands in the shell:
43 *** To create a DVI file with a permuted index, you may experiment
44 with `make-permuted-index'.
46 ** INFO: A copy of makeinfo.c that will format this manual for Info is
47 included in this distribution. This program is written in C and can
48 be used separately from Emacs. `makeinfo' produces much better error
49 messages than the old `texinfo-format-buffer'. You can run `makeinfo'
50 it on the `elisp.texi' file.